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– Photos of Juliet Graham, Crystal Sync, and others – The story of the ‘L.A, Family’ – America’s first sex commune – Columns by Kim Pope, Jody Maxwell, and others – Interview and photo spread of Annie Sprinkle Peter Wolff (front) with Cheri staff, including Annie Sprinkle and Gloria Leonard Wolff was fired by Ruderman after the first two issues, May and June 1976, but soon found a home at Cheri, the magazine that would prove to be his most lasting success. Appointing Bree Anthony proved a smart idea – and selecting her eventual successor, adult film actress Gloria Leonard, an even smarter one. Wolff suggested adult film actress Bree Anthony, star of porno hits Oriental Blue, The Vixens of Kung Fu, Highway Hookers, and others. And not just any female – he wanted a glamorous woman already associated with the New York sex scene. He hired Peter Wolff – but Wolff suggested he appoint a nominal female ‘publisher’ instead. In early 1976, Carl Ruderman needed a figurehead to divert attention from his position as publisher. He wanted to democratize the content and involve the readers directly in the magazines he produced. He was fascinated in the sexual interests of common men – and their wives. But Wolff differed from the vision of porn magnates like Hugh Hefner and Bob Guccione in that he had little time for the fantasy world of the beautiful people. He became involved in the world of counter-cultural publications in the late 1960s, before becoming involved in erotic magazines.

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His first experience as an editor was on a student newspaper at Queens College, when he was active in the Women’s Liberation and Civil Rights Movements, even risking his life in black voter registration drives in the South. So they’d dump him… and get his great ideas.”īut to view Wolff as purely an adult magazine veteran is to underestimate and undervalue him.

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He never believed a publisher could fire him, but eventually the drinking, the arrogance, plus spending tons and tons of money, would always be too much for them. And yet he managed to have sex with most of the models, through his immense charm and intelligence.

His t-shirts and jeans were stained, and his long gray hair was often unwashed: he was fat and not particularly handsome. His office was littered with betting stubs, cigarette butts, take-out food, random slides, and manuscripts. He was a compulsive gambler and four-pack-a-day smoker. As part of his deal with any publisher, he always insisted on a tab at a convenient bar, with his own table. He’d even been the editor of rival magazine High Society.Īs indicated in Taschen’s History of Men’s Magazines, “Publishers would hire Peter to start a magazine, and while his magazine would be incredibly innovative and profitable, he’d be partying and obviously having way too much fun. By 1976, he had already worked on magazines such as Rogue, Topper, Bachelor, Ace, Follies, Frolic, Gala, Tab, Vue, Jaguar, Duke, Stud, Escapade, Daily Girl, Caper, and Gallery, to name but a few. God knows, he had the experience and the track record. Peter Wolff was the brains behind Cheri magazine. They should not to be used or reproduced for any commercial gain. Publications are being shared here purely for the purpose of research. Magazines are fully searchable use the icon displayed in each magazine to search by keyword. If you are viewing on a phone, view in landscape orientation. Due to the fact that the magazines are scanned in high definition, allow time for each page to load.

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Check back for more digitized adult film magazines soon.Ĭlick on the covers below to access the full magazines. You can find The Rialto Report‘s growing collection of digitized resources by choosing Library in our site menu. These issues include articles and photo spreads with Annie Sprinkle, Marlene Willoughby, Vanessa del Rio, Honeysuckle Divine, Clea Carson, Jamie Gillis, Terri Hall, Jody Maxwell, Veri Knotty, a $1,000 ‘Blow Job Contest’, and much more. How did editor Peter Wolff go from launching a successful magazine to getting an issue of the magazine banned – and almost getting fired himself – within the first five months? The full story is revealed here. We continue our digitization project with the east coast film publication Cheri, looking at the birth of the magazine, and reviewing all the issues from 1976, its first year in business.